[Doping--anabolic steroid abuse--careless homicide]

Proceeding from a case requiring an expert's opinion (competitive athlete from the GDR), the question of damage to the health after the abuse of anabolic preparations is being discussed once again. In this connection, however, it is not only necessary to look at the cases that have come to light in the competitive sports sector (doping) but also at cases involving the body-building movement. Damages to the liver, in particular liver tumors, are described, among others. But vascular diseases are also described. Auto-aggression and aggression toward others can, however, also entail a forensic/psychiatric report, and, finally, the forensic-medicine expert can be challenged when manipulations of the urine specimens to be examined are involved (DNA analyses). From the legal point of view, doping cases will constantly pose the question of whether the athletes concerned knew what they were being "treated" with. Quite apart from forensic questions, however, it will also be necessary to discuss the overall complex from the point of view of medical ethics. Every time a case becomes known, damage is done once again to the idea that sports are supposed to bring nations together and promote peace.